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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/27/international/middleeast/27PREX.html
Bush Threatens to Halt PA Funds
(New York Times) - President Bush told his key allies at the G-8 meeting in Canada that the United States would cut off aid to the Palestinians if they failed to embrace the kind of changes he demanded on Monday. "We won't be putting money into a society which is not transparent -- and corrupt -- and I suspect other countries won't either," said Bush. A senior administration official noted that while the Palestinian people were free to re-elect Mr. Arafat, they should know that it would cost them significant aid. "We respect democratic processes," the official said, "but there are consequences."